Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 735
Colombia: World Leader in Forced Displacement
- Inter Press Service
'We want to shout out to the world, and no one will be able to keep us silent: forced displacement is still happening in Colombia, which is why we are asking for solidarity. We aren't terrorists, we aren't criminals; we are farmers whose dignity and rights have been stolen from us.'
Rape in the Ranks, the U.S. Army's Dirty Secret
- Inter Press Service
In his commencement address to cadets at West Point Military Academy last year, U.S. President Barack Obama proclaimed, 'In the 21st century our women in uniform play an indispensable role in our national defence. Time and again they have proven themselves to be role models, not only for our daughters but also for our sons.'
Efforts to Demobilise Uganda's LRA Not Enough, Says Report
- Inter Press Service
The rebel group that terrorised Ugandan civilians for more than two decades, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), could continue to haunt the people of Central Africa if the Ugandan government fails to properly support demobilisation efforts, according to a new report released Monday.
Deferring to Petraeus, NIE Failed to Register Taliban Growth
- Inter Press Service
Despite evidence that the Taliban insurgency had grown significantly in 2010, the U.S. intelligence community failed to revise its estimate for Taliban forces as part of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan in December.
Egypt's U.S.-Armed Military in Transitory Commanding Role
- Inter Press Service
When embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reluctantly called it quits after more than two weeks of mass demonstrations against his 30-year-old authoritarian regime, he temporarily turned over the country to an institution trained, armed and nurtured by the United States: the 350,000- strong military.
Niger Delta Demands for Justice Undaunted by Decades of Violence
- Inter Press Service
Nigerian environmental rights groups have been making the case for the expulsion of oil companies from the Niger Delta in the southeastern part of the country at the World Social Forum in Dakar.
Environmental and Demographic Forces Threaten State Failure
- Inter Press Service
Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, and across the Middle East at the start of 2011 have reminded the world just how politically fragile some countries are. But the focus of international politics has been shifting for some time now.
RIGHTS-PERU: At Last, Reparations for Civil War Victims
- Inter Press Service
Peru will begin to pay individual monetary reparations to victims and survivors of the 1980-2000 counterinsurgency war, with top priority put on elderly people in remote villages in the country's impoverished highlands, where most of the human rights violations took place.
Q&A: Alternatives Needed to Western-led Peacebuilding
- Inter Press Service
'Security Sector Reforms' (SSRs) have become the latest catch phrase in donor discussions on post-conflict peacebuilding around the world.
SUDAN: Rights Groups Fear Quid Pro Quo for Peaceful Transition
- Inter Press Service
Amid renewed pockets of unrest throughout Sudan and continuing violence in Darfur, government officials in Khartoum announced Monday that a whopping 98.83 percent of southern voters — numbering more than 3.8 million in a country of over 42.3 million — cast their ballots in favour of secession during last month's highly anticipated referendum.
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